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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Elginn on December 23, 2007, 06:15:56 pm
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Today I found a ladies purse, it contained £237 plus a little change, if it belonged to a rich person I probably would have taken to my toes, but I Looked further in the purse and it had an OAP bus pass in it, it also contained an address, so I did the right thing and took it to her house.
When I knocked the door a younger woman answered it and it turrned out to be her daughter, I explained what I was there for and if I had been able to take a photo of the daughters face it would have reminded me through out next year of the Joy I brought to someones day.
She invited me in and there on the sofa still in tears was the sweetest little old lady anyone could meet, I handed her, her purse and the poor old dear started crying again? but this time with Joy, she stood up and gave me a great big hug and kiss on the cheek and told me it was her christmas money and all the money she possesed in the world, her daughter had come around to lend her some money so she could get the rest of her christmas shopping.
Out of £237 this little old dear offered me £50 to which I refused to take a penny, the Joy on her's and her daughters face was the nicest gift they could have given me, It took me a while to get her to put it back into her purse, Shame the daughter never gave me a big kiss though ;D
Its the same with my OAP custy's they seem to be the ones who appreciate you more and always give christmas tips, even the one's you know can't really afford to.
To Mrs Stevens, I wish you a very merry Christmas. ;)
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This is why being kind truly makes you happy, all those thieves and crookes don't understand, but being kind and nice is the best thing a human being can do and in return they have something worth more than money....happiness. Thats a brilliant story! Luke
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Well done Elginn-Sparrowhawk! Honesty is definitely it's own reward.
Walk tall that man!
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Honesty is the best policy!
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What goes around comes around mate,well done i`ll bet that made you feel better than spending it.Mind you if the daughter was nice i would have insisted in at least a kiss before handing over the purse.
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good on you my friend, not a lot of people nowadays would have done the decent thing.
have a lovely christmas you deserve it for making someone elses chrimbo!
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Top man!
I am a firm believer in karma..i reckon you will have a superb 2008 mate!
If that had been my nan,i would be taking you out for a beer or ten now! ;D
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Now that is what I call a truly lovely and heartwarming story...and what a great time of the year for it to happen.
To do a totally unselfish act without thought to reward makes you feel incredibly good.
I once saved a chaps life in a road accident, the only thanks I got was from the police Sargent when I went to the station to give my statement.
It was only a pat on the back and a, "well done lad, your actions saved that boys life."
I hadn't realised it at the time of the accident, but having that Sargent thank me was praise enough.
What irked me afterwards though was to read that the police woman who had 'accompanied' the unconscious young man to hospital in the back of the ambulance had received a commendation!
Ian
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Well done ;)
A man after my own heart
Ive done the same myself not with as much money though
but the feeling you get after you give it back is one of self pride and descentsy..... Which im afraid is missing alot in todays society
Big up yo you and merry christmas
Marcus...
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top man ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Good for you, well done.
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Today I found a ladies purse, it contained £237 plus a little change, if it belonged to a rich person I probably would have taken to my toes, but I Looked further in the purse and it had an OAP bus pass in it, it also contained an address, so I did the right thing and took it to her house.
When I knocked the door a younger woman answered it and it turrned out to be her daughter, I explained what I was there for and if I had been able to take a photo of the daughters face it would have reminded me through out next year of the Joy I brought to someones day.
She invited me in and there on the sofa still in tears was the sweetest little old lady anyone could meet, I handed her, her purse and the poor old dear started crying again? but this time with Joy, she stood up and gave me a great big hug and kiss on the cheek and told me it was her christmas money and all the money she possesed in the world, her daughter had come around to lend her some money so she could get the rest of her christmas shopping.
Out of £237 this little old dear offered me £50 to which I refused to take a penny, the Joy on her's and her daughters face was the nicest gift they could have given me, It took me a while to get her to put it back into her purse, Shame the daughter never gave me a big kiss though ;D
Its the same with my OAP custy's they seem to be the ones who appreciate you more and always give christmas tips, even the one's you know can't really afford to.
To Mrs Stevens, I wish you a very merry Christmas. ;)
Too right. It's the only way to do it isn't it?
I hope you told her you were a window cleaner. It can help to break through the negative stereotypes that some people have.
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does she need a window cleaner? ;D
nice one mate...just think how gutted you wouldve been if it was the other way round
when i proposed to my wife, we were in chester, and she accidntly left her handbag on a bench, wouldve be about 5 mins, went abck and gone, money cards phone the lot. she was gutted...tried not to let it ruin our day but hey there ya go lots of scum about...like nicking people logo's cough
good on you, big fat hairy xmas kiss for you from me
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good on you
a cracking story of human kindness
and of course with you being a window cleaner you didnt need the cash, as we all earn more than £237 in only a few hours work :P :P :P
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nice one mate not many people would have done that big pat on the back mate . ;)
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another thing, i was in the bank the other day, there must of been about 5 elderly people in front, and i heard the ammounts they were taking out. i just couldnt beleive they would walk around with that much in their bags!
one of them said £4000 :o
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I'm not saying this is the same but this early morning(remember how cold it was) a down and out was going through the large open bin in front of a northampton town centre chip shop. I imagine he was looking for some sausage or something that hadn't been eaten.
I went over and gave him three pounds and told him to get some breakfast. Cheap ain't I.
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elginn
i dont know you but im well proud of you
well done for doing the right thing
happy christmas and all the best for 2008
tony
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Thank you Guy's
I looked at it this way, what if it was my dear old mum God rest her soul? or if I lost it myself aspecially this time of year, it does make you feel good when you see the happiness it brings to someone else,
I still wish the daughter would have given me a big wet kiss instead of a big wet hairy one from LWC ;D ;D
My Mrs lost one of her rings in a store the other day when she washed her hands, now this ring I bought her on our very first date over 32 years ago, it was worth naff all in value, but it broke her heart that some scum bag nicked it within 10 minutes, it was worth sentimental value only.
I didn't want to be labeled the same as I labeled the scum who picked her ring up, and before you asked we did ask at customer services and no one handed it in.
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My mum lost her purse last week with around the same amount of money in it. Like the old lady in the storey she had her bus pass in it, so they would have known she was a 70 year old woman. Although the money was her much needed Christmas present money, other things of very sentimental value which are worthless to the thief, are impossible for her to replace.
Pity the person finding it was not as honest as Elginn-Sparrowhawk.
Peter
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My mum lost her purse last week with around the same amount of money in it. Like the old lady in the storey she had her bus pass in it, so they would have known she was a 70 year old woman. Although the money was her much needed Christmas present money, other things of very sentimental value which are worthless to the thief, are impossible for her to replace.
Pity the person finding it was not as honest as Elginn-Sparrowhawk.
Peter
Sorry to hear that peter, I just hope they buy something electrical with your mums money and end up electrocuting them selfs, I can't put on here what I would really like to say? But like this old dears daughter, I bet you felt angry and gutted too?
This old dear did have a few other things in there like her wedding ring thats to big for her now and a picture of her husband who died last year, also in her purse was her gas card and electric meter key, the hasstle alone this would have caused her trying to get these company's to replace her keys to enable her to get electric and gas, she needed to top them both up and thats why they were in her purse.
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Excellent stuff well done that man
Their is good in this world after all
Dean
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Self-righteousness reigns.
Strange comment ::)
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;D great good man
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I would buy you a pint if I could m8. Hope you have a great 2008.
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My mum lost her purse last week with around the same amount of money in it. Like the old lady in the storey she had her bus pass in it, so they would have known she was a 70 year old woman. Although the money was her much needed Christmas present money, other things of very sentimental value which are worthless to the thief, are impossible for her to replace.
Pity the person finding it was not as honest as Elginn-Sparrowhawk.
Peter
not good that peter >:(
My sis-inlaw was in wales last weekend visiting her partners little girl, they had all present from family in car, and the car got nicked :o the police caught the little scumbags but no persents to be found, that poor little girl now has no presents and nor do they.
Total respect to Elginn-Sparrowhawk ;)
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well proud of u . u have my respect
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Well done that man!
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nice one ;D i think on the whole 99.9% of us window cleaners are hard working honest guys and i realy belive most of us would do the same thing.its a real shame that a tiny number of arse holes can give window cleaning a bad name because its realy not justified.it would be nice if this story could get into your local paper, great story and great for the profession of window cleaning in general.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D well done
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Good karma. Nice 1.
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great story......... well done that man :D
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Well done that honest man.
I do a commercial job for just over £100 every 6 weeks.....
I have just recieved in the post a cheque from their accounts dept for £350 which they don't owe me!
Then I opened another envelope and...would you believe it...another cheque from them for £300!!
So I have £650 which is not mine. And they're now closed until the 7th Jan
I'm going to have to sit and look at £650 that doesn't belong to me for the next 2 weeks!! :'(
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Pj, if you give it to me, I can take all the guilt away from you.
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Well done mate. Thank good you found and not one of them asylum seekers or social spongers
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Well done that honest man.
I do a commercial job for just over £100 every 6 weeks.....
I have just recieved in the post a cheque from their accounts dept for £350 which they don't owe me!
Then I opened another envelope and...would you believe it...another cheque from them for £300!!
So I have £650 which is not mine. And they're now closed until the 7th Jan
I'm going to have to sit and look at £650 that doesn't belong to me for the next 2 weeks!! :'(
what £650... :P just say you thought it was a xmas tip
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Flee the country!
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What a warm Christmas story. :)
Honesty is it's own reward and you must be feeling pretty good now.
I found a ladies bag once and took it back to her house. She wasn't in so I left it with a neighbour who asked for my address.
Next day the lady came to my house with a bottle of whisky.
It obviously made her feel better to reward me and and I was happy to receive it. ;)
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That Lady will never forget you.
Nice one sport.
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;D
well done that man its make me very proud to be a member of this forum . can i take this oppertunity in wishing all a very happy christmas, and a fantastic new year
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Well done that honest man.
I do a commercial job for just over £100 every 6 weeks.....
I have just recieved in the post a cheque from their accounts dept for £350 which they don't owe me!
Then I opened another envelope and...would you believe it...another cheque from them for £300!!
So I have £650 which is not mine. And they're now closed until the 7th Jan
I'm going to have to sit and look at £650 that doesn't belong to me for the next 2 weeks!! :'(
Nice one Pj
I know what you will do, as I also know your one of the honest ones amongst us, I wish you, your family and all the members on here a very merry christmas.
Just a little update on the story, I had a knock on the front door this afternoon and it was the daughter, she bought me around a card and a tin of quality street from Mum, I didn't have the heart to tell them it would go nice with the other 9 tins I had from my custy's this year ;D The Mrs already wrapped a tin up and gave it to the kids next door.
Here's a picture of some of the gifts I had from my custy's this year, I've have already eaten the steak I had ;D
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great story the good lord moves in funny ways... :(
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Well done mate, A similar thing happened to me a few years back, A similar amount of money too.
In my case the wallet had a photo membership card for a caravan club. The guy was of Arabic appearance, I still remember his name, Sawiki. I sat in the car counting out the money. It was just before Christmas, and I have to be honest I was tempted. At the end of the day I knew the money wasn't mine so went to the police station with it. An hour later this guy posted a thank you note through my door with a £20 note.
It's the same when a customer tells you that they are going away for 3 months, but still want you to do the windows, you just have to do what's right.
That hug from the old dear will be your best Christmas present for years to come mate, you lost nothing, it wasn't yours, but you gained one hell of a lot. What you were able to do for her, neither of you will ever forget. Dai
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Well done Elginn Sparrowhawk. It's a pity some folk here don't take this attitude when ripping people off with silly charges. As someone said "what goes around comes around". Season's greetings.
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calm down feen
we all charge what we think is fair and what the customer is prepared to pay.
they can always say no, and it is easier to reduce a charge than it is to put it up.
merry christmas to you too
tony
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If you give a price and the customer says go ahead and do it,you are not ripping them off at all.When you quote it`s a gamble whether you get the job or not,the higher the price the bigger the gamble any fool can work for nothing.
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well said fella
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Tony, Have you read some of the posts on here? £50/60 for 40 mins gutter clean ??? Now read the original post of the thread you replied to :)
NWH, We all know that. But we all (should) know that there is also a perception of value. If we do the job very quickly the customer will expect it to be cheaper. I think we should all be a bit more honest. Tell them that you work at £x per hour. You think the job will be 1 hour or whatever. If it's less, charge less etc
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Complete rubbish,if i give a price it is for what i want for doing the job end of story.That`s why i never get involved with how much do you charge per hour mr WC,if i was to charge per hour i would be doing myself out of cash big time,i can clean loads and loads of window`s or gutters or weather boarding in an hour if i was to charge say £20 an hour i might aswell give up because at the moment some of my jobs take me an hour and i can get £70 upwards per job.At the end of the day i`m in business,my TAX bill has just shown me that so i`ve got it in writing,people will only pay what there prepared to pay and if there not willing to pay my price i shout next and move on.Merry christmas.
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Tony, Have you read some of the posts on here? £50/60 for 40 mins gutter clean Now read the original post of the
What wrong with the prices ,,,£50/60 for 40 mins work ,,if thats what someone,,, as charged for the job and the customer was happy to pay it whats the big deal ,,,the only time you are ripping the customer off ,i,
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Well NWH enjoy your Christmas. Cleanandshine, you,ve missed the point. When quoted £50/60 custie probably thought it was a big job. When done in 40 minutes, custie thinks " that's quick. Not worth the money". I'm not suggesting the custie shouldn't pay, I'm suggesting the pricing should be more honest. Hence, my reference to the original post. Please read it, it's to do with honesty.
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What`s dishonest about it,you want £x for doing a job for me i say yes that`s fine i couldn`t give a S*** how long it`s going to take you i just want it done.If you agree a price for a job providing it`s done properly there should none of this that was to quick to pay you business,if i had customers like that i`d get others.Happy christmas.
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What`s dishonest about it,you want £x for doing a job for me i say yes that`s fine i couldn`t give a S*** how long it`s going to take you i just want it done.If you agree a price for a job providing it`s done properly there should none of this that was to quick to pay you business,if i had customers like that i`d get others
Well Said,,,Looks like theres some people on here who dont kow how to price
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Come on guy's its going off topic, and its the season of good will, Lets show some to one and other, even if its just for a couple of days, it will show were all human and some of us make mistakes and others guide us.
Merry christmas Guy's I hope you and all your familys have a real good one. ;)
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Come on guy's its going off topic, and its the season of good will, Lets show some to one and other, even if its just for a couple of days, it will show were all human and some of us make mistakes and others guide us.
Merry christmas Guy's I hope you and all your familys have a real good one
Well Said merry xmas everyone ;) ;)
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it is very sad this was dragged into this post, you are a true gent ;)
Happy Christmas to you and all, it is a time to be happy and get fatter ;D
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Tony, Have you read some of the posts on here? £50/60 for 40 mins gutter clean Now read the original post of the
only 50 / 60 quid
you will never be earning 5 K a month with them sort of prices
follow us to the land of earning 30 quid a 3 bed semi, this time next year you too could be a millionaire ;D ;D
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NWH said "i couldn`t give a S*** how long it`s going to take you i just want it done." If you believe all customers think like that you're mad.
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NWH said "i couldn`t give a S*** how long it`s going to take you i just want it done." If you believe all customers think like that you're mad
Feen forget about it mate ,,go get your self into bed and wait for Santa ;) and injoy your xmas ,,look not everyone runs there companys the same ,,all you should worry about is your own comapny ,,,have a great Xmas ;)
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I don`t care what anyone thinks,i`m not dragging any job out or pricing it to low just because someone is not sensible enough to see that i`ve invested in my business with van and equipment to get the job done quicker and better.I don`t moan at the local quick fit fitter because he fitted my tyres in 10mins,even though it only took him 10mins it still cost me £160,i could have got some bloke who didn`t know what he was doing it might have taken him allday.Happy christmas.
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i would like to praise you elgin, for what you did, there is not may folk out there who would hand a purse full of money in, you where that old ladys true christmas spirit, you and your family have a nice christmas, you deserve it,
PS for a few seconds there i thought i had clicked on the wrong topic ;D
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You are talking at cross purposes. Feen I don't agree with you but I think you've been rounded on a bit.
But what about me? I posted that I gave the down and out three pounds to stop him rummaging through other peoples left over sausages in the chip shop waste bin that must have been hours old and freezing cold, and not one person commended me. I mean elgin did the right thing yes, but it didn't cost him any money!
As it happens as i walked away after his thanking me I looked back and he was still rummmaging. So maybe thats the lesson here. Stop rummaging lads.
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lol. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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NWH, Thanks for the chat. Have a good one my friend :) Once I've replied once more to cleanandshine I'm off.
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Cleanandshine said "Feen forget about it mate ,,go get your self into bed and wait for Santa ". Thanks mate, I know I'm in trouble when I take advice from you.
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maybe the tramp does it on purpose, Mr Solubility, just think if every kind hearted person giving him £3 he must be loaded ;D
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Feen happy christmas mate it`s been good having a chat.
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You are talking at cross purposes. Feen I don't agree with you but I think you've been rounded on a bit.
But what about me? I posted that I gave the down and out three pounds to stop him rummaging through other peoples left over sausages in the chip shop waste bin that must have been hours old and freezing cold, and not one person commended me. I mean elgin did the right thing yes, but it didn't cost him any money!
As it happens as i walked away after his thanking me I looked back and he was still rummmaging. So maybe thats the lesson here. Stop rummaging lads.
if you had waited 5 more mins you would have seen him walking out of a shop with three cans of extra strong lager/cider ::)
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No word of a lie this,i saw a bloke selling the big issue and when we walked by we looked back a he was flicking through a wadd of notes and the top one was a £50.
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maybe he had just sold a limited edition big issue ;D
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I'm a market trader who's now also a window cleaner.My wife has made me help her on the market for the last two weeks so I have cleaned none or very few windows lately. We sell hats gloves and scraves amongst other things. This must be the coldest december on record, and fairly dry, so you can imagine we're talking telephone numbers.
So my three pounds doesn't make me a saint, and generaly when asked for change I say no (mainly because of what you mention ww- special brew). I have some jewish friends and when asked they have to give which is quite funny.
However, this chaps rummaging did strike a chord with me, and I felt better about myself.
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No word of a lie this,i saw a bloke selling the big issue and when we walked by we looked back a he was flicking through a wadd of notes and the top one was a £50.
what else was he selling I would be thinking >:(
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Getting back to the original story ???
Well done my friend, you did the right thing. God will look kindly on you in the future :)
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You will be rewarded in heaven... ::)
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Well NWH enjoy your Christmas. Cleanandshine, you,ve missed the point. When quoted £50/60 custie probably thought it was a big job. When done in 40 minutes, custie thinks " that's quick. Not worth the money". I'm not suggesting the custie shouldn't pay, I'm suggesting the pricing should be more honest. Hence, my reference to the original post. Please read it, it's to do with honesty.
Don't forget it's not just about the time taken to clean the muck out of the gutter. I don't know about you but I find there are other things to clean (including myself) after doing such a job.
I remermber one guttering I cleaned out quite a few years ago. I priced it at £20 (I didn't know any better back then). I did it in about 10 minutes. I honestly didn't plan it like this but when I turned up to clear it, it was a bitterly cold day. All the muck came out encased in long chunks of ice. It was a complete doddle. What was I meant to do? Offer a partial refund because I turned up on a day when an eskimo wouldn't build an igloo? :)
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good on you, there are some honest people in this world
:) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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You will be rewarded in heaven... ::)
Maybe the tramp will be able to toast those sausages on a pitchfork in front of the fiery furnace :)
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Today I found a ladies purse, it contained £237 plus a little change, if it belonged to a rich person I probably would have taken to my toes, but I Looked further in the purse and it had an OAP bus pass in it, it also contained an address, so I did the right thing and took it to her house.
When I knocked the door a younger woman answered it and it turrned out to be her daughter, I explained what I was there for and if I had been able to take a photo of the daughters face it would have reminded me through out next year of the Joy I brought to someones day.
She invited me in and there on the sofa still in tears was the sweetest little old lady anyone could meet, I handed her, her purse and the poor old dear started crying again? but this time with Joy, she stood up and gave me a great big hug and kiss on the cheek and told me it was her christmas money and all the money she possesed in the world, her daughter had come around to lend her some money so she could get the rest of her christmas shopping.
Out of £237 this little old dear offered me £50 to which I refused to take a penny, the Joy on her's and her daughters face was the nicest gift they could have given me, It took me a while to get her to put it back into her purse, Shame the daughter never gave me a big kiss though ;D
Its the same with my OAP custy's they seem to be the ones who appreciate you more and always give christmas tips, even the one's you know can't really afford to.
To Mrs Stevens, I wish you a very merry Christmas. ;)
Hi...you have my respect ....have a great xmas and best wishes for 2008....Tony.
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i love to be able to do this sort of thing it is the greatest feeling in the world
well done
simbo